Edward Allen Moore v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The petitioner Moore’s federal habeas application contends that an enhanced life sentence received by him in 1979 in Texas state court was invalid. He contends that under Texas statute, a 1973 conviction that was used to enhance his 1979 sentence was rendered without jurisdiction, because at the time the 1973 conviction was obtained, the Texas juvenile courts had exclusive jurisdiction over him for the 1972 offense charged, which was committed, and for which he was arrested, while still a juvenile. We affirm, finding no error in the district court’s determination that…